movie reviews

Most people love to talk about movies they've seen, even if it's to just give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down. That makes movie reviews a popular tag.

Movie reviews refers to analysis of or commentary on particular movies. Some sites compile reviews from a variety of sources, others ask readers for reviews and other sites use individual reviews. The tag may have broad usage, encompassing not only movies currently in theaters but also ones that are released on DVD. It will also cover the full spectrum of movies, from dramas to comedies to documentaries.

While one might consider being a movie reviewer one of the greatest jobs around, the quality of movie reviews depends on knowledge of film as a whole or the subject matter of a particular movie.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “movie reviews”

• Pixelated Podcast Ep.015 – Twilight: Glitter

  
  Pixelated Geek — Authority: 147
  We learn that Bill doesn’t like Twilight . He would rather break his hand than watch it. But that didn’t stop Andrew and I from talking about Twilight: New Moon. We also talked about: Our favorite cereals Left 4 Dead 2 Movies adapted from Video Games Xbox Live VS PlayStation Network World of ...
  11 hours ago

• Better Sent to Gitmo: Oh, The Movies I Gotta Destroy

  
  Debbie Schlussel — Authority: 628
  By Debbie SchlusselIt’s movie awards time, meaning that as a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, I have to vote on best movie of the year, best actor, etc.  Every major city has one of these film critics groups, and the decisions get published in the media.  I have UPS and FedEx delivering DVDs [...]
  11 hours ago

• Movie Notes: The Game

  
  Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest — Authority: 469
  = 4 stars Starring Michael Douglas, Sean Penn Directed by David Fincher Synopsis Grumpy, anti-social investment banker Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is given a strange birthday present by his brother Conrad (Sean Penn), an invitation to a real-life role playing game. The Good As a thriller / twist ...
  14 hours ago

• Gunmen - War in Peacetime

  
  Trash Cinema Club — Authority: 129
  Country: Hong Kong Genre: Action/ Bullet Ballet / Romance Director: Kirk Wong Year: 1988 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE Gunmen is a classic Golden Age of Hong Kong flick in the hard hitting 80s style. In the closing days of a civil war in China, Ding Chun-Bei (Tony Leung), and his ...
  14 hours ago

• “Couples Retreat” Not Retreating Any Further

  
  Voize.My — Authority: 148
  Couples Retreat On the surface, “Couples Retreat” looks just like your ordinary comedy, which involves romance and relationship. At best it could be entertaining for many, but at worst this is the kind of movie that you might not want to spend your time on. However, what is there to complain when you have great ...
  14 hours ago

• Page 2

  
  /Film — Authority: 787
  Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 49 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. Lunchtime ...
  15 hours ago

• Angels & Demons

  
  Movie Mom — Authority: 506
  Harvard professor of Symbology Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) returns for another round of save the world heroics peppered with chases, kidnapping, murders, clues, codes, and ancient manuscripts, a beautiful and very erudite woman, murky motives, and a lot of historical, religious, and artistic arcana, all to the music of ...
  16 hours ago

• Movie Review: Four Seasons Lodge

  
  Lobo's Rants — Authority: 124
  Movie Review: Four Seasons Lodge Alternate Title: Lust for Life Story: A spirited, upbeat film about Holocaust survivors is not your usual fare. However, director and writer Andrew Jacobs has sensitively delivered us such a film. Ably supported by director of ...
  16 hours ago

• Movie Review: Twilight Saga: New Moon

  
  Frame By Frame — Authority: 121
  The Twilight Saga: New Moon PG-13 for some violence and action. Running Time: 2 hours 10 minutes In the second installment of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, the romance between mortal and vampire takes off to a new level as Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart, delves deeper into the ...
  17 hours ago

• 2012: Movie Review

  
  Unreality Shout — Authority: 477
  If anyones read the excellent Graham Hancock book Fingerprints Of The Gods , then theyll understand where Roland Emmerichs latest movie is coming from. 2012 paints a picture of ancient Mayan predictions coming true and a rare planetary alignment causing the crust of the Earth to soften and displace. As per ...
  17 hours ago

• ‘De Dana Dan’ Preview

  
  Bollywood News | Stars | gossips | movie | Reviews — Authority: 502
  After delivering comedies like Hera Pheri and Phir Hera Pheri, Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal have teamed up once again in De Dana Dan, another laugh riot that releases Friday.
  18 hours ago

• JJ Abrams Approached Matt Damon for Star Trek… But NOT for the Role of James T Kirk

  
  /Film — Authority: 787
  You might remember, that before the cast of Star Trek was officially announced, it was ">widely rumored that JJ Abrams wanted Matt Damon to play Captain James T Kirk. It has been one of those internet rumors that has become sort of a mystery, with different sides giving different “stories.”   IGN ...
  19 hours ago

• VOTD: How Twilight Should Have Ended

  
  /Film — Authority: 787
  The good guys at How It Should Have Ended have created a new animated short film showing how Twilight should have ended. What if Edward had made that fateful decision another way? If you care, watch the video embedded after the jump. LOL: Twilight Intervention LOL: Kevin Smith Sticks Up For Twilight ...
  21 hours ago

• Up – a review.

  
  News You Can't Use ! — Authority: 133
  I was late watching this Pixar movie too. I usually cannot get myself to watch animated movies, which is strange as I haven’t hated any. The last one I saw in this genre was WALL.E, which was overrated in my opinion. Back to Up, I loved its simple plot, the execution, the adorable characters and almost every aspect ...
  22 hours ago

• 2012 – a review.

  
  News You Can't Use ! — Authority: 133
  If the Mayans predicted the world would end in 2012, how didn’t they predict that such an annoying movie would be made based on their prediction ? You get the idea, right ? The director Roland Emmerich should’ve really stopped making disaster movies after Independence Day. Cliches galore (is that a cliche too ...
  22 hours ago

• WORLD CUP 2011 Preview

  
  Bollywood News | Stars | gossips | movie | Reviews — Authority: 502
  Ravi Kapoor’s upcoming film World Cupp 2011, starring Ravi Kapoor himself is playing the character of Ravi Indulkar in the film.
  22 hours ago

• ‘Precious’ - The Oscar race begins

  
  WHAT WOULD TOTO WATCH? — Authority: 479
  T he main character in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” has every right to give up. She’s verbally and physically smacked around by her layabout mother, and what her father does to her on a regular basis is almost inhuman. Yet there’s a light blazing within Claireece “Precious” ...
  23 hours ago

• Movie Review: Monsters, Inc. – Blu-ray Disc

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 639
  This probably goes without saying since it’s a movie made by Pixar, but I think this film is an absolute delight.  It’s funny, it’s very sentimental and touching and there are little bits of humor than you have to be fast to pick up on.  That’s a perfect combination and now it’s ready for you [...]
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• Movie Review: Up – Blu-ray Disc

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 639
  When I saw the first batch of promotional materials for this movie, I had no clue at all what I should be expecting.  All the signs features those bright balloons and it all I could gather was that it involved a guy sending his house floating through the air with some little kid along for [...]
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• Watch 2.5 Minutes of Avatar: The Thanador Chase

  
  /Film — Authority: 787
  20th Century Fox has released a new video clip from James Cameron ’s Avatar on the Fox-owned site IGN . The clip features Sam Worthington ’s character Jake Sully in Avatar form, trying to escape from a Thanador, one of the violent creatures of Pandora. You might remember that a 30 second segment of this ...
  1 day ago

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